Resolute Bay Airport — Resolute Bay, Canada

Resolute Bay Airport, coded YRB, occupies one of the northernmost inhabited outposts in Canada's High Arctic, on Cornwallis Island in Nunavut. Serving the hamlet of Resolute, the airport supports scientific research expeditions, polar tourism, military operations, and essential resupply flights that keep the small community connected to the outside world through the brutal Arctic winter. YRB's gravel-capable runway and cold-weather infrastructure make it a staging point for expeditions toward the Northwest Passage and the magnetic North Pole. Weather conditions here are extreme, with polar night and near-constant summer daylight. Few airports anywhere face logistical challenges comparable to those routinely managed at YRB.